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UNrrn CHARLES APPLEBY, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF HISRIGHT TO G. HILTON SGRIBNER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARVESTER GUARD-FINGERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 151,34 E, dated May 26,1874; application filed March 26, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES APPLEBY, of Yonkers, in the county ofWestchester and State of New York, have invented an ImprovedHarvester-Finger, of which the following is a specification:

The invention consists in the construction of the point andcutting-edges of one piece, attached to the finger by atongue-and-groove joint of peculiar form.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a longitudinal vertical sectionof a harvesterfinger embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a transversesection taken in the line as 00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transversesection taken in the line y y of Fig. 1.

The finger B is made of cast-iron, with the usual groove or notch 12,for the cutter-bar to travel in. Above the groove 1) is a notch orgroove, 0, of similar form, but running forward instead of backward, andhaving its front portion tapering or flaring outward. The piece D, whichforms the point and cutting-edges of the finger, is made of steel, witha tongue, e, running backward from the point, and fitting in the grooveor notch 0. The edges of the I have herein spoken of the body of thefinger as of cast-iron; but I propose to render it malleable by theprocess commonly practiced in making malleable cast-iron.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- Aharvester-finger having its point and cutting-edges made of one piece,and attached to the finger by a tongue-and-groove joint, sub stantiallyas shown and described.

CHARLES APPLEBY.

Witnesses:

HENRY T. BROWN, MIcnAEL RYAN.

